Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Regulus and Blasio (or, less frequently...

The Punic Wars were a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between the Roman Republic and Ancient Carthage. Three wars took place, on both land...

Bai Qi (Chinese: 白起; c. 332 BC – c.January 257 BC), also known as Gongsun Qi (公孫起), was a Chinese military general of the Qin state during the Warring...

Commandery. 259 BC February 18 – Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (d. 210 BC) Bashu Guafu Qing, Chinese businesswoman (d. 210 BC) 257 BC Aristophanes...

consul in 257 and 250 BC. With a wife named Marcia, he had at least one son, also named Marcus, who later became consul in 227 and 217 BC before also...

Atilius Regulus (fl. 257–250 BC) was a Roman Republican consul who twice held the consulship in the middle of the 3rd century (257, 250) BC. He seems not to...

Qin victory. 260 BC: Ashoka inscribes the Edicts of Ashoka. 258 BC: An Dương Vương overthrows the Hồng Bàng dynasty in Viet Nam. 257 BC: Thục dynasty takes...

The 1260s BC is a decade which lasted from 1269 BC to 1260 BC. c. 1263 BC—Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites,...

BC) Uttiya, King (267–257 BC) Mahasiva, King (257–247 BC) Suratissa, King (247–237 BC) Asela, King (215–205 BC) Sena and Guttika, Kings (237–215 BC)...

apparatuses of the Seven Warring States which fought from around 475 BC to 221 BC when the state of Qin conquered the other six states, forming China's...

that covered parts of modern-day Guangxi and northern Vietnam. Founded in 257 BCE by a figure called Thục Phán (King An Dương), it was a merger of Nam...

Xiao He (257 BC – 16 August 193 BC) was a Chinese calligrapher and politician of the early Western Han dynasty. He served Liu Bang (Emperor Gao), the...

Year 259 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Florus (or, less frequently...

have survived if they remained united against Qin, but they did not. In 257 BC, Qin army failed to besiege Handan and was defeated by the allied force...

settlement dating back at least into the Middle Formative period (ca. 1000 B.C.). Müller, Florencia (1973). "La extensión arqueológica de Cholula a través...

alliance with Zhao. The war ended with the deaths of 130,000 people. In 257 BC, he assisted Zhao when its capital Handan was besieged by Qin forces, at...

Hồng River delta and mixed with the indigenous Văn Lang population. In 257 BC, a new kingdom, Âu Lạc, emerged as the union of the Âu Việt and the Lạc...

in what is today the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam, until 258 BC or 257 BC, when Thục Phán, the leader of an alliance of Âu Việt tribes, invaded...

The Battle of Handan began in 259 BC and concluded in 257 BC, during which the garrison of Handan, the capital city of Zhao, joined by the allied force...

Year 255 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nobilior and Paullus (or, less frequently...

Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (b. 245 BC) date unknown An Dương Vương, King of Nam Việt since 257 BC Chrysippus, Greek philosopher from Soloi who...

western Mediterranean. 258 BC – Battle of Sulci – Minor Roman victory against the Carthaginian fleet near Sardinia. 257 BC – Battle of Tyndaris – Naval...

Year 254 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Calatinus (or, less frequently...

about 195 BC (b. 257 BC) Liu Hong, fourth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty (b. 190 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Roman statesman, consul in 195 BC, censor...

From 283 to 257 BC, Qin and Zhao had engaged in bloody warfare against one another, and Zhao's defeat in the Battle of Changping in 260 BC had severely...

Hồng Bàng dynasty 2879 BC–258 BC Thục dynasty 257 BC–179 BC Triệu dynasty 204 BC–111 BC...

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Year 258 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calatinus and Peterculus (or, less frequently...

in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 257 BC. He was the son of Coel and the grandson of Catellus; he was succeeded by...

Year 256 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Caedicius/Regulus (or, less...